Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 â€" February 29, 1908) was
an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent who became
renowned for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln
County, New Mexico as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico. He
coauthored The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid with Ash Upson, and
for decades his book was deemed authoritative. Garrett's life ended
when he was shot in the back. His murderer escaped justice.Patrick
Floyd Jarvis Garrett was born on June 5, 1850, in Chambers County,
Alabama. He was the second of five children born to John Lumpkin
Garrett and wife Elizabeth Ann Jarvis. Garret's four siblings were
Margaret, Elizabeth, John, and Alfred. When Pat was three years old
his father purchased the John Greer plantation in Claiborne Parish,
Louisiana. The Civil War, however, destroyed the Garrett family's
finances. Their mother died on March 25, 1867, at the age of 37. Then
the following year, on February 5, 1868, his father died at age 45.
The children were left with a plantation that was more than $30,000 in
debt. The children were taken in by relatives. The 18-year-old Garrett
headed west from Louisiana on January 25, 1869.:9:28Garrett's
whereabouts over the next seven years are obscure. By 1876 he was in
Texas hunting buffalo. During this period Garrett killed his first
man, another buffalo hunter named Joe Briscoe. Garrett surrendered to
the authorities at Fort Griffin, Texas, but they declined to
prosecute.:29â€"31 When the buffalo hunting declined, Garrett left
Texas and rode to the New Mexico Territory.:267n, 293n When Garrett
arrived at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, he found work as a cowboy for
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